Green Arrow and Black Canary by Garrie Gastonny
Artist: Garrie Gastonny (Penciller)
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DescriptionI met and was nominally helping a group of artists who worked in the American comics industry when they visited Tokyo for the 2014 International Manga Festival, including Indonesia's Garrie Gastonny. At a drink and draw event set up by my friend, Yoshi, Garrie had brought a set of original pinups that he'd been working on and let me look at them before the Japanese fans arrived. They were all so good. I knew I wanted one, but it was hard to choose, then, toward the bottom, I found this action pinup of GA and BC that knocked my socks off. I tucked it onto the very bottom of the pile and told him that I wanted it if none of the Japanese fans bought it (I was there early and under orders to give the paying customers a shot).Fortune was with me (at least then -- I unfortunately got sick the next morning and missed the festival itself!) and I was able to acquire it. At one point, Garrie mentioned that he wanted to ink it for me at no extra charge, but (1) even though his inking is superb, I thought it was darn near perfect as a pencil piece and I was worried that inks would obscure all the delicate shading and detail work that he'd put into it and (2) he had sold it to me at what I considered an incredible bargain and I simply couldn't let him do it without compensation. He chose to leave it uninked and I think we both made the right choice. I guess what initially caught my eye was the fact that he drew a classic DC action scene: Black Canary, wearing fishnets and riding her motorcycle, blasting away at some unseen threat with her sonic canary cry, with Green Arrow, sitting right behind her, taking dead aim at the bad guys. However, it was the detail and the style that made me fall in love with it. Jeez, aside from the great figure work, look how he drew the cityscape background so chock full of wonderful details. All I can add is, that I hope this scan gives you guys even a fraction of a hint of how good this looks here in my hands. Social/Sharing |
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Jovi Neri 
Member Since 2011
1 - Posted on 2/22/2015
This is incredible work. You should have this inked or painted over - even on a separate sheet. Wow!!
Mj Smit
Member Since 2012
1 - Posted on 2/22/2015
I usually tend to prefer inked art over just pencilled stuff, but I think that you made the right choice here! Congrats on this superb piece, that was simply meant to be yours!
Damon Wright
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 2/22/2015
Absolutely stunning! Pencils or inks, I don't think there was a wrong choice with something this good. :) Timeless!
Shelton Bryant
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 2/22/2015
Astonishing!!!!!Luv the Architectural Detail!!!!!
Aidan (Re-Legion ) Lacy
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 2/22/2015
I love this..do you have contact info for this artist ?..I would love to get him to do a commission.
R Berman
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 8/16/2023
This is outstanding! I'm not familiar with the artist but will certainly be checking him out. I know what you mean about the tension between a finely detailed pencil piece and a higher-contrast inked version. These days, one can have the cake and eat it too with a grey line printout, but it wasn't so easy in the past.
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